1923.16: Actor Nakamura Nakazō 1st as the Monk Raigō Ajari, from the play Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month (Nue no mori ichiyō no mato) performed at the Nakamura Theater from the 1st day of the 11th month, 1770

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1923.16

People

Katsukawa Shunshō 勝川春章, Japanese (1726 - 1792)

Title

Actor Nakamura Nakazō 1st as the Monk Raigō Ajari, from the play Forest of the Nue Monster: Target of the Eleventh Month (Nue no mori ichiyō no mato) performed at the Nakamura Theater from the 1st day of the 11th month, 1770

Other Titles

Transliterated Title: Nue no mori ichiyō no mato: Nakamura Nakazō (Raigō Ajari), Nakamura-za

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

Edo period, 1770 (eleventh month)

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, Japan

Period

Edo period, 1615-1868

Culture

Japanese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/208597

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Ukiyo-e woodblock print in "hosoban" format; ink and color on paper, with printed signature reading "Shunshō ga"

Dimensions

Paper: H. 30.4 cm x W. 14.8 cm (11 15/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: (printed) Shunshō ga

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John T. Spaulding, William S. Spaulding, Felix M. Warburg, A. Kingsley Porter and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1923

Object Number

1923.16

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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